Film Shots with 28 mm lens X .45

[Don Schaeffer]

I mounted a .45 x auxilliary lens on my Minolta film SLR over the Minolta 28 mm lens (resulting in a 12.6 mm equivalent fisheye). Exposure is a problem. Everything was overexposed and I couldn't do much with the extremes of light and shadow in that big field. The image itself is just so so.

[Didache]

Don .. how do those auxiliary lenses perform? I've seen them advertised. Any comments on their sharpness etc?

Cheers
Mike

[MB1]

I think if you are going to use a setup like that you need to go for the really wild images. These compositions are just too tame to overcome the system flaws of the lens plus the adapter.